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Mother Jones:
Donald Sterling Is a Registered Republican — Does it really matter whether racist LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling is a registered Democrat? Or a Republican? Or a member of the Pirate Party of Russia? — Well, according to multiple conservative media outlets, yes, it does matter.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / TIME:
Welcome to the Finger-Wagging Olympics — It's time to look at ourselves — and our collective moral outrage — in the mirror, says former NBA player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. — Moral outrage is exhausting. And dangerous. The whole country has gotten a severe case of carpal tunnel syndrome …
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The Daily Caller, Taylor Marsh, Talking Points Memo, Hit & Run, USA Today and Althouse
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Places Blame On Sterling's Girlfriend For ‘Cajoling’ Him Into Racist Comments — Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar suggested on Monday that Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling's racist rant is at least partially his girlfriend's fault.
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Balloon Juice
Brad Townsend / Dallas Mavericks Blog:
Mark Cuban calls Donald Sterling's comments “abhorrent,” endorses maximum league punishment — Apr 26, 2014; Dallas, TX, USA; Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban reacts during the game against the San Antonio Spurs in game three of the first round of the 2014 NBA Playoffs at American Airlines Center.
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Ultimate Rockets, The Point Forward, CBS Dallas, ThinkProgress, Mediaite, USA Today and CBS DC
Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
Conservatives Called Him A Democrat, But Sterling Is Registered Republican
Conservatives Called Him A Democrat, But Sterling Is Registered Republican
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Reuters, PoliticusUSA, The Daily Beast, Joe For America, The PJ Tatler, Washington Post, The Mahablog and The Raw Story
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Donald Trump on Donald Sterling comments: ‘The girlfriend from hell’
Donald Trump on Donald Sterling comments: ‘The girlfriend from hell’
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PoliticusUSA and Mediaite
Dylan Byers / Politico:
John Kerry's private remarks allegedly taped by Daily Beast reporter — Secretary of State John Kerry's private remarks to a meeting of influential world leaders last week were allegedly taped by a reporter from The Daily Beast, a fact that led to a personal apology from Trilateral Commission chairman Joseph S. Nye on Monday.
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Taylor Marsh, CANNONFIRE, Washington Free Beacon, Yahoo! News, American Spectator, The Week and Washington Examiner
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John Kerry / US Department of State:
On Support for Israel — Press Statement Secretary of State Washington, DC — For more than thirty years in the United States Senate, I didn't just speak words in support of Israel, I walked the walk when it came time to vote and when it came time to fight.
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New York Times, American Spectator, CBS DC and CNN
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
John Kerry backpedals on Israel ‘apartheid state’ comment — Secretary of State John Kerry, under fire for warning that Israel risks becoming “an apartheid state” in the absence of a peace deal, released a statement Monday evening pushing back hard. — “I will not allow my commitment …
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Power Line, J Street, BuzzFeed, Washington Free Beacon and Guardian
Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Barbara Boxer: John Kerry apartheid critique ‘ridiculous’ — Sen. Barbara Boxer took an apparent swipe at Secretary of State John Kerry, saying on Twitter that any statement comparing Israel to apartheid “is nonsensical and ridiculous.” — While Boxer didn't mention Kerry by name …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Ted Cruz: John Kerry should step down
Ted Cruz: John Kerry should step down
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RealClearPolitics Video Log, The Heritage Foundation, Hot Air, CNN, Talking Points Memo and Rush Limbaugh
Fox News:
Hill Republicans call on Kerry to apologize, resign for reported Israel ‘apartheid’ remarks
Hill Republicans call on Kerry to apologize, resign for reported Israel ‘apartheid’ remarks
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The Daily Beast, PoliticusUSA, J Street, Mediaite, Ed Driscoll, Yahoo! News, Hot Air, ThinkProgress, Business Insider, The PJ Tatler and The Heritage Foundation
Michael Wilner / Jerusalem Post:
US State Department does not deny Kerry's Israel ‘apartheid’ warning
US State Department does not deny Kerry's Israel ‘apartheid’ warning
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Mediaite, Politico and Israel Matzav
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Fox News Tries And Fails To Get Any Details About The GOP's Obamacare Replacement — Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) struggled to articulate a credible GOP alternative to the Affordable Care Act during an appearance on Fox News Monday morning, promising only to replace President Obama's health care reform with …
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New York Times and Daily Kos
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Sorry Democrats, Obamacare is still electoral kryptonite
Sorry Democrats, Obamacare is still electoral kryptonite
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Washington Examiner, The Heritage Foundation and The Huffington Post
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Obamacare's Poll Numbers Improve In Republican Districts
Obamacare's Poll Numbers Improve In Republican Districts
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Daily Kos, Capitol Report, Washington Post and Mediaite
Rod Dreher / The American Conservative:
The Sacrilegious Sarah Palin — Man, the 12 minute speech Sarah Palin gave to the NRA convention is awful. It's just witless, red-meat blathering, delivered in that nasal whine of hers that makes it sound like she's chewing wads of tinfoil. For people who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they like.
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National Review, Patterico's Pontifications, The Dish, The Gospel Coalition Blog, Hit & Run, Washington Post, The Atlantic Online, Talking Points Memo, The Reaction, No More Mister Nice Blog, Outside the Beltway, CBS News, Roger Ailes, The Huffington Post, Washington Monthly, Mediaite, The Raw Story, Joe For America and The Hill
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Manu Raju / Politico:
Police investigating Cliven Bundy-related threats to Harry Reid — Federal law enforcement officials are investigating threats made against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the aftermath of his sharp-edged attacks against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, sources said Monday.
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Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and CNN
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Howie Kurtz Turns On His Network Fox News For Its Silence On Bundy's Racist Comments (VIDEO)
Howie Kurtz Turns On His Network Fox News For Its Silence On Bundy's Racist Comments (VIDEO)
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Mediaite
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Politics don't belong in science fiction: Column — A writer shouldn't be punished for his political beliefs. — There was a time when science fiction was a place to explore new ideas, free of the conventional wisdom of staid, “mundane” society, a place where speculation replaced group think …
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Roger Ailes, Ed Driscoll, Liberal Values, his vorpal sword, ProfessorBainbridge.com and Vox Popoli
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
White House Steps Up Effort to Confirm Federal Judges — WASHINGTON — With the possibility that Republicans could take the Senate in November, the White House and Senate Democrats are working swiftly to confirm judges to the federal courts in an effort to allow President Obama to leave a lasting liberal imprint on the judiciary.
Balazs Jarabik / Politico:
It's not all Russia's fault — Eastern Ukraine is a mess. But Kremlin meddling is hardly the whole story. — The crisis in eastern Ukraine is far from over. — On Monday, the moderate mayor of Kharkiv, the country's second-largest city, was shot while riding his bicycle.
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White House.gov Blog:
Heartbleed: Understanding When We Disclose Cyber Vulnerabilities — When President Truman created the National Security Agency in 1952, its very existence was not publicly disclosed. Earlier this month, the NSA sent out a Tweet making clear that it did not know about the recently discovered vulnerability …
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New York Times and Lawfare
Kate Nocera / BuzzFeed:
How North Carolina's Voter ID Law Could Actually Help Democrats This Year — The race is on to register voters. — The Rev. William Barber, head of the North Carolina NAACP. — AP Photo/The News & Observer, Chris Seward — WASHINGTON — When North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed …
Hayley Tsukayama / Washington Post:
Google removes “deceptive” pregnancy center ads — Google is removing Web search ads for some “crisis pregnancy centers,” after an investigation by NARAL Pro-Choice America found evidence that the ads violate Google's policy against deceptive advertising. — “We have no problem …
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LifeNews.com, TruthRevolt.org, The Daily Caller and ThinkProgress
Kabita Maharana / International Business Times:
Edible Water Bottles to Tackle Plastic Menace? — A new breakthrough by a team of London scientists could mean we are soon eating our water bottles instead of throwing them away. — Design students from Imperial College London have developed the Ooho water container, an edible water bottle …
Politico:
Wall Street Republicans' dark secret: Hillary Clinton 2016 — NEW YORK — The biggest parlor game on Wall Street and in corporate boardrooms these days is guessing whether former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will run for president and save the GOP's old establishment base from its rising populist wing.
Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
Boehner Tea Party Challenger Fired Over Anti-Boehner Ad — House Speaker John Boehner's tea party primary challenger J.D. Winteregg has been fired from his position as adjunct professor at Cedarville University in Ohio due to his recent viral web ad accusing Boehner of “Electile Dysfunction,” The Daily Caller has learned exclusively.
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Washington Post, Hot Air and The Right Scoop